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Riera is a good shout. He isn't as good as Kewell, but I wish he played more, because I thought he was actually a really good player, and wish we never sold him. Nice one Rafa and Hodgson.

Reira wasn't that great

He lacked pace for a winger and was unable to take defenders on and beat them

He did however bring balance to the side when first introduced (I think his first game was a long overdue league win against United where he pressurised the useless Wes Brown into conceding a own goal) and it did look for a couple of games at least that he might be the solution to our lack of width on the left

Morientes for me. Should have been awesome - a victim of bad management/tactics or just not tough enough for the perm?

(not sure that 'tough' is the right word - it get's used a lot against foreigners that under perform but that suggests our league isn't very skilful, which is complete bo11ocks)

Agreed,but i just don't think the perm suited him.

lol.

He should have but i remember from his first game it was clear he lacked the pace and strength for the Premiership so it didn't surprise that once he left and went back to Spain he started scoring again

Is 'strength' the issue? I'm not so sure. And your explanation suggests that you can be weak and slow and still succeed in Spain - I think not!
He came to us a very experienced international who will have come up against tough defenders plenty of times and got the better of them. From what I remember seeing of him, he didn't fail at Liverpool because he wasn't very strong. There have been plenty of lightweights in the prem who have succeeded.

No, he wasn't great. But I think he could have gotten a lot better, but he never played in the end. Imagine how different our team would look if we still had Yossi and Riera, 2 players who were treated like crap and were sold last summer. Then we got Jova, Poulsen and Koncheski.

Riera would have been a great back up to Downing. He was good at holding the ball, when he couldn't beat a player. Had a good passing range, and had a cracking left foot. Remember his goal against PSV? Would like to still have him myself as a good squad player.

I loved Babel. He always had potential, unfortunately it just never happened for him at Liverpool. Also his love for Liverpool was brilliant, he still writes up "YNWA" etc on his twitter page.

i liked riera he never the little spark you'd like from a winger but he did okay, scored a few brilliant goals.